Post the Wheels You want On your FRS/BRZ!!

[poormans_LFA]

Originally Posted by JDLM

I did notice you posted a few of them (always like the line up) I got a car sponsored by them back in the day and ran Work Emotions awesome wheel

i'm IN LOVE w/ the Meister S1R

[JDLM]

I could see these on a white BRZ

[madfast]

my pick is the new Enkei Raijin



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[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by madfast

rotas are fine, as fine as any other quality low pressure cast wheel. that's not the problem. the main problem is the design. they are, and always will be, known for their knockoff designs. to some that's just unforgivable. a knockoff is a knockoff no matter how good the quality. secondly, you can get high quality enkeis for not that much more. the enkeis would be lighter, stronger (MAT process), and above all else not a knockoff design.

Eh, it's a wheel. I could care less if it's a "knockoff"... there are only so many ways to design spokes, most brands have extremely similar wheels and change a few details and then it's considered fine. :shrug:

http://www.racinglab.com/rowhsl1751.html

170/wheel vs about 255ish (RPF1 in 17x8) isn't considered just barely more in my book.., it's 50% of the Rota more..

And the fact that the slipstreams are available in 17x8.5 instead of just 8.0 with a 5x100 PCD may have just bumped them to the top of my list whenever I start running 235/40/17s.. well only if that weight they list isn't right lol Slipstreams use to be light.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by JDLM

I did notice you posted a few of them (always like the line up) I got a car sponsored by them back in the day and ran Work Emotions awesome wheel

Emotion CRs are nice. Too bad you are limited to the XT-7 and XD-9 for 17x8.5 for 5x100 though.

Price is high for cast wheels too.

[JDLM]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Emotion CRs are nice. Too bad you are limited to the XT-7 and XD-9 for 17x8.5 for 5x100 though.

Price is high for cast wheels too.

yeah the bolt pattern kills it for choice I had below cost when I got mine so it wasn't terribly bad

I did just read for 2011 the Gnosis line you can do more custom offsets and bolt patterns

[madfast]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Eh, it's a wheel. I could care less if it's a "knockoff"...

you could care less, but for others it does matter.

there are only so many ways to design spokes, most brands have extremely similar wheels and change a few details and then it's considered fine. :shrug:

yes, but rota's intention is to outright copy designs. not just one or two similar designs, but almost every popular JDM design is outright copied.

170/wheel vs about 255ish (RPF1 in 17x8) isn't considered just barely more in my book.., it's 50% of the Rota more..

i never said "barely more" i said not that much more. enkeis arent triple the price like a forged volk, but the quality, weight, and strength of the MAT wheels approach that of a forged wheel. and for "only" 50% more? that's a bargain in my eyes. for others it may be too much...

[poormans_LFA]

so far, my short list of wheels:

WORK
- Meister S1R
- 11 R-FT
- CR Ultimate Semi Concave depending upon offset.

Enkei

- RPF1 (how could one ever go wrong w/ this one!?)

Volk
- RE30 bronze
- TE37SL

Gram Lights
- 57 Ultimate

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by madfast

i never said "barely more" i said not that much more. enkeis arent triple the price like a forged volk, but the quality, weight, and strength of the MAT wheels approach that of a forged wheel. and for "only" 50% more? that's a bargain in my eyes. for others it may be too much...

I'm guessing if we use the "reasonable person" standard most would not consider a 50% increase in price to be "not that much more". Most would probably say that it would be closer to "barely more" ie 10-15%.

Nothing against Enkei, the RPF1 was going to be my goto wheel for this car, but now I'm not as sure as I'd rather have 17x8.5s if I do run 235/40s..

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by poormans_LFA

so far, my short list of wheels:

WORK
- Meister S1R
- 11 R-FT
- CR Ultimate Concave (if the offset lines up)

Enkei
- RPF1 (how could one ever go wrong w/ this one!?)

Volk
- RE30 bronze
- TE37SL

Gram Lights
- 57 Ultimate

What wheel size(s) are you looking at?

[poormans_LFA]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

What wheel size(s) are you looking at?

originally i thought "19 but am going to knock that down to "18. 18x8.0 should work fine for this car.

[madfast]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

I'm guessing if we use the "reasonable person" guideline most would not consider a 50% increase in price to be "not that much more". Most would probably say that it would be closer to "barely more" ie 10-15%.

Nothing against Enkei, the RPF1 was going to be my goto wheel for this car, but now I'm not as sure as I'd rather have 17x8.5s if I do run 235/40s..

semantics and the internets dont mix very well i guess...

either way, whatever you call it, enkeis are not "expensive" like volks are "expensive". however, when it comes to quality most, if not all, would agree that enkeis with MAT process are closer to the performance of a volk than a run of the mill low pressure cast wheel. therefore, enkei MAT wheels are a bargain imo.

[chulooz]

Originally Posted by madfast

semantics and the internets dont mix very well i guess...

either way, whatever you call it, enkeis are not "expensive" like volks are "expensive". however, when it comes to quality most, if not all, would agree that enkeis with MAT process are closer to the performance of a volk than a run of the mill low pressure cast wheel. therefore, enkei MAT wheels are a bargain imo.

My post with all of the racing teams that successfully run rota's is proof that these 'lesser' wheels have performed at and beyond the standards of some of those pricier brands you have listed. ON TRACK.

[Alfie]

"...Enkei MAT wheels are a bargain imo."

AGREED! These wheels are SO quality, you dont even have to balance them!
Throw on the tires, bolt them on and GO!